Community Unity
This theme in Beloved is very important because it is the foundation of the entire story line. The sense of community is established throughout the entire novel, from Sweet Home, where there is the unity of the slaves, to Cincinatti, where the citizens of the town is the community. The importance of unity amongst the black communities is important all the way through, starting at Sweet Home. Here, the community is very small, but it is united. While Mr. Garner owns the farm, everything goes well, because all the slaves are together. However, when Mr. Garner dies and Schoolteacher takes over, he starts to sell and replace the slaves. This causes an upset in the community and it destroys the unity. This leads to Sethe fleeing and her and Halle splitting up.
The next time the community is involved in a major event, or rather not involved, is when Schoolteacher comes to find Sethe. The community does not warn Sethe of his arrival, which means that Sethe does not know and she is spontaneously forced to kill her newborn baby. If the community had been united and warned Sethe, then she would have been prepared for Schoolteacher and she would most likely not have killed her baby.
Another part of the story where the theme of a community is mentioned is when Paul D. is in prison. Him and the other prisoners are forced to work together and be united in order to survive. If one does not make it through, everyone will die. Therefore, it is vital that they stay united as a community when they are chained together and have to go in the mud.
In the end of the novel, Denver gets help from the community of Cincinatti to get Beloved to runaway. She goes to Mrs. Jones and asks for food supplies and help to get rid of Beloved so that her and Sethe's lives can return to be somewhat normal again as a normal family. Because only when the community is united and everyone helps each other, they can get rid of the supernatural character of Beloved. The sense of community is also shown in this example in Denver. Denver has hardly ever been away from 124. When she goes to Mrs. Jones, she experiences what the community is like and she becomes a part of it. She establishes contact with people outside of 124 and it makes her part of their community/society.
This theme in Beloved is very important because it is the foundation of the entire story line. The sense of community is established throughout the entire novel, from Sweet Home, where there is the unity of the slaves, to Cincinatti, where the citizens of the town is the community. The importance of unity amongst the black communities is important all the way through, starting at Sweet Home. Here, the community is very small, but it is united. While Mr. Garner owns the farm, everything goes well, because all the slaves are together. However, when Mr. Garner dies and Schoolteacher takes over, he starts to sell and replace the slaves. This causes an upset in the community and it destroys the unity. This leads to Sethe fleeing and her and Halle splitting up.
The next time the community is involved in a major event, or rather not involved, is when Schoolteacher comes to find Sethe. The community does not warn Sethe of his arrival, which means that Sethe does not know and she is spontaneously forced to kill her newborn baby. If the community had been united and warned Sethe, then she would have been prepared for Schoolteacher and she would most likely not have killed her baby.
Another part of the story where the theme of a community is mentioned is when Paul D. is in prison. Him and the other prisoners are forced to work together and be united in order to survive. If one does not make it through, everyone will die. Therefore, it is vital that they stay united as a community when they are chained together and have to go in the mud.
In the end of the novel, Denver gets help from the community of Cincinatti to get Beloved to runaway. She goes to Mrs. Jones and asks for food supplies and help to get rid of Beloved so that her and Sethe's lives can return to be somewhat normal again as a normal family. Because only when the community is united and everyone helps each other, they can get rid of the supernatural character of Beloved. The sense of community is also shown in this example in Denver. Denver has hardly ever been away from 124. When she goes to Mrs. Jones, she experiences what the community is like and she becomes a part of it. She establishes contact with people outside of 124 and it makes her part of their community/society.